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Selected publications

"The supply of judicial services in Portugal: An empirical investigation." Proceedings of
the 5th edition of the Bank of Portugal's Conference, Portuguese Economic Development in
the European Context (2010): 47–88.

Jobs can change quickly from full- to part-time
status, especially during economic downturns

The share of workers employed part-time
increases substantially in economic downturns. How should this phenomenon be
interpreted? One hypothesis is that part-time jobs are more prevalent in
sectors that are less sensitive to the business cycle, so that recessionary
changes in the sectoral composition of employment explain the increase in
part-time employment. The evidence shows, however, that this hypothesis only
accounts for a small part of the story. Instead, the growth of part-time
work operates mainly through reductions in working hours in existing
jobs.